Men are Monsters on Tinder, Study Confirms

The beauty of Tinder is that it eliminates the whole "but is he/she interested in me?" guessing game. You know whoever you "match" with wants you too. At least, that's how it should work. A new study analyzing the habits of heterosexual men versus heterosexual women on the app reveals why the simple premise of mutual attraction still comes up fruitless:

1. Men "swipe right" to everyone

In the study, conducted by Dr. Gareth Tyson from Queen Mary University in London, researchers created 14 fake Tinder profiles (seven men, seven women) using stock photos. The profiles "liked" everyone within a 100-mile radius. There were only 532 female matches yet 8,248 male matches. The researchers conclude that men have been "swiping right" to everyone instead of just those they find appealing, thus totally defeating the purpose of the app.

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An accompanying survey of 131 users following the study confirmed the findings, with 33 percent of men agreeing they use the "casually like profiles" strategy. No women indicated they used this strategy, but 93 percent of women said they only swiped right on profiles they were attracted to.

2. Men don't make a move

Only seven percent of men sent a message after matching, while 21 percent of women did.

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3. Men don't message back

There was a 53 percent response rate when men contacted women after matching, while women contacting men had a 42 percent response rate.

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4. Women, however, take a longer time crafting a message

Researchers reported two thirds of messages sent by men were sent within five minutes of the match taking place, but only 18 percent of those sent by women happened as quickly.

"Rather than pre-filtering their mates via the like feature, many male users like in a relatively non-selective way and post-filter after a match has been obtained. This gaming of the system undermines its operation and likely leads to much frustration," the researchers concluded. Yes, much frustration. Collective SIGH.